2004 Grant Awards Supported
by the Women's Cancer Fund

Molecular Markers of Prognosis and Response
to Therapy in Breast Cancer
Maine Center for Cancer Medicine, Scarborough
To understand hereditary breast cancer in greater detail leading to a prospective clinical trial (one of the first of its kind in the country).

Candidate Gene Within the Chromosome (Chr) X-linked Ovarian
Tumor Locus Granulosa Cell Tumor Susceptibility 6 (Gct6)
The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor
To continue to exploration of the in a mouse model of malignant ovarian granulose cell tumorigenesis.

Support Service Fund of the Maine Breast Cancer Coalition
Statewide from offices in Bangor
To ensure that underserved breast cancer patients throughout Maine receive the services and supplies they need